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Volunteer Mindy Ferrell (left) hugs Renee Kovarik as they place flags on the gravesites of veterans at the Whitepine Cemetery on Friday. The cemetery will hold their traditional Memorial Day service Thursday at 7 p.m....
A constant chilling rain didn't keep a group of military veterans from recognizing the past service of their fellow comrades in arms by placing an American flag at the gravesites of veterans who have passed away. "I see a lot of names that I knew when they were alive. A lot of good friends here," said Leyland "Butch" Murdock, one of 10 veterans that helped with the flags at Plains Cemetery last Wednesday. Each year, members of Horse Plains VFW Post 3596 place a small U.S. flag at the gravesite...
8 YEARS AGO • MAY 24, 1944 HIT OR MISS Running a newspaper is getting to be a tougher job every year. Part of the reason is bookkeeping. Years ago when we first started in we didn’t have to keep books. Whatever we took in we threw in the jack-pot, and then kept drawing out of the pot until it was empty. Of course most of the time the pot was empty, but we didn’t have to make any accounting. Now it is different - every dime you take in you have to keep a record of for income tax deduction purposes. No ifs, ands or buts! At that our recor...
JOHN McNAMARA, Plains - “My summer project is planting cut flowers, such as dahlias and ranunculus, and hundreds of others.” RIA BUGNATTO, Trout Creek - “We are planning to plant the pollinator seeds as well as perennials and annuals in planters and pots.” DILLON MARTINI, Plains - “I’m looking to put in pollinating plots, expand my gardens, and get back into shape by gardening and bike riding to prepare for a goat hunt with my dad.” CARISSA McNAMARA, Plains - “I will be planting lavender fields to harvest and distill, and growing a veget...
Nearly 50 community members gathered for a Memorial Day ceremony at the Noxon park on Monday. The event was led by members of the Cabinet Mountain VFW Post 5556. Following a welcome by Post Commander Gary Searle and a prayer by chaplain Leo Winburn, the VFW welcomed state Sen. Greg Hinkle as their guest speaker. "When we think of Memorial Day, I look back on things like the beaches of Normandy and the jungles of Vietnam," said Hinkle, whose father was a World War II veteran. "A lot of men knew...
A Plains man was part of a nationwide observance to remember the lost men and women of the armed forces who gave their lives in the service of their country. Retired Air Force veteran Tom Bushlen participated in "Taps Across America" at the McGowan Grocery parking lot on Memorial Day by playing "Taps" on the euphonium. "I'm doing this to honor the servicemen and servicewomen who sacrificed their lives for our country," said the 74-year-old Bushlen, who served in the Air Force for 17 years, inclu...
Members of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) gathered at Fred Young Park in Plains Saturday to talk about fire prevention and some were doused in the process. "It's important to get the word out about what DNRC can do for the community," said Jase Sorenson, the department's Fire Adaptive Community Coordinator. Some 40 people showed up for the Wildfire Awareness Month Meet & Greet, where 10 DNRC firefighters met with the public. This was the first time that the...
Thompson Falls first-grade students traveled all over town last week for their annual scavenger hunt. The day started with a field trip to the Thompson Falls Airport (above). Pilots Dan Schulz, Dan Normandeau and Bob Rice talked to the class about flying, showed off their airplanes and a flight simulator and explained how to build an airplane, then took a parent for a ride. The scavenger hunt took the classes to nine different locations, including Farmhouse Blooms, The Ledger, city hall,...
The Plains School gymnasium was packed with family and friends for the Elementary Spring Concert "Good Vibes" last Tuesday. "The students performed exceptionally," said Kevin Meredith, the elementary school principal for the last three years. Meredith guessed that there were more than 450 spectators at the concert, which lasted nearly two hours. Meredith believed there were around 300 people in the second half of the concert to view the upper grades. The concert kicked off with the 29...
The Thompson Falls fourth graders were treated to a poetry writing coach from Missoula during a 12-week session. Alicia Watkinson from the Missoula Writing Collaborative came to the school each week to teach students about poetry and coach them in their writing experiences. This is the first year that teachers Sarah Naegeli and Amy Gilbert have had the opportunity for a professional poet to spend time with their students teaching them the art of writing poetry. At the end of the twelve weeks...
On Saturday, May 11, 2024, Carroll College conferred degrees on 265 graduates of the class of 2024 during its 114th commencement ceremony. Among the graduates were Josey Neesvig of Trout Creek, who received a degree in Health Sciences. Audrey Brown of Plains received a degree in Anthrozoology and graduated Magna Cum Laude, achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.70-3.89....
At the University of Montana, nearly 2,600 undergraduate students made the spring semester 2024 Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List. To qualify, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. The students on the linked lists below made UM’s spring semester 2024 Dean’s List or the President’s 4.0 List. Double asterisks after a name indicate the student earned a 4.0 GPA. A single asterisk indicates a GPA greater than 3.5 but less than 4.0. DIXON: Owen Baty**, Tyler Ror...
Proud parents Luke and Stephanie Fuhrman are happy to announce the birth of their son, Konrich Joel Fuhrman. Konrich was born April 28, 2024, at Camp Pendleton, California. Ecstatic grandparents are Konrich and Cheri Fuhrman of Thompson Falls, Montana, and Rudy and Rosa Hernandez of Oceanside, California. Uncles Gage Fuhrman and Rudy Hernandez are also thrilled to welcome baby Konrich into the world. We love you little man!...
Scott Pardee (from left), Easton Deal and Jay Deal of Thompson Falls participated in the Lake Koocanusa fishing derby recently with Captain Curt Kegel. The group missed placing in the top six by just two ounces....
SOLUTIONS ACROSS 1. HAT 4. STP 7. ARA 8. HIRES 10. PRIG 12. UBYKH 13. PIPA 14. SSB 16. SOU 17. EVENS 19. ACT 20. ATEN 21. NEIGHBORHOODS 25. ORB 26. MBA 27. HONE 29. HAIR 30. ALI 31. PIC 32. GAME OF THRONES 39. AMAS 41. SAC 42. NGAMI 43. MOB 44. QTR 45. AGOG 46. ALBEE 48. MOTH 49. HALED 50. YET 51. REC 52. ADS SOLUTIONS DOWN 1. HAPPEN 2. ARRIVE 3. TAIPEI 4. SIB 5. TRYSTS 6. Type PEKOE 8. HUB 9. SHUN 11. GANG 14. SCH 15. STOMACH 18. SH 19. ARB 20. ADAR 22. BONIEST 23. ORE 24. OBI 27. HAAS 28. OLM 29. HIT 31. PFC 32. GABBLE 33. OAR 34. RN 35....
A monarch butterfly enjoys the afternoon sun perched on stem of freshly blooming lilacs on Memorial Day....
Organizers of Plains Beautification Day were happy to see so many volunteers show up for the semiannual cleanup on Saturday. Only a week earlier, they had only about a dozen people signed up to help with the event, but 36 men, women and children showed at the start and they just kept coming throughout the morning capping at 52, including a youth group from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Plains. "We had way more people show up than we thought. I was pleasantly surprised,"...
It was rainy Sunday afternoon, but there was joy and energy in the Noxon High School gymnasium as friends, family, and former classmates gathered to honor the 15 students in the graduating class of 2024. Superintendent Dave Whitesell started off the speeches, saying high school is much like building a bridge. "You build a bridge to have connections, to gain progress and of course to get to the other side," he said. He then asked the seniors to be "bridge fixers," strengthening their bridges for...
The community of Hot Springs showed up to support the LaRue Hot Springs Museum on Saturday at the museum's annual fundraiser. This year, the LaRue hosted a "Rock and Roast" at the museum, located along Highway 77 as you enter Hot Springs. While previous fundraisers have been held at the Hot Springs Senior Center, museum curator Sher Loberg said the board chose to host the fundraiser at the museum to allow the community to see the updated displays. Loberg has been involved with the museum for thr...
More than 200 young cowboys and cowgirls converged on the Sanders County Fairgrounds last weekend to show their meddle on horseback for the Montana High School Association rodeo competition, including a handful of local youth. Three Thompson Falls and two Hot Springs kids participated in the two-day event put on by the Northwest Montana Rodeo Club of Kalispell. This was the first time the organization has utilized the Sanders County Fairgrounds, according to club official Sue Cheff, who added...
THE HOT CORNER BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN THOMPSON FALLS Compiled by Patrick J. Sullivan A corner lot on Railroad Avenue, now known as Main Street or Highway 200, across from the railroad depot is possibly the most continuously occupied business space in Thompson Falls. The corner first hosted the two-story Harrison Hotel, a wooden building, during the prospector boom days of 1884 known as the "Coeur d'Alene excitement." Dr. E. Peek arrived in Trout Creek in 1901 and by 1905 had also opened a drug...
DALLAS BERMAN, Thompson Falls - “I plan to spend time with family and BBQ while enjoying the extra day off.” RODNEY HARMON, Thompson Falls - “Spend time with the people who are here and remember those who are no longer with us. Those family and friends who’ve passed.” JENNY YODER, Thompson Falls - “I plan to spend the weekend at a ladies retreat with friends, then alone on Monday enjoying nature.” TROY ASHCRAFT, Thompson Falls - “On two wheels.” KATE COTTINGHAM, Thompson Falls - “I plan on spending Memorial weekend on two wheels, 500 miles o...
by Ed Moreth An avid model train man donated one of his favorite sets to the Paradise Center's railroad display room and has become the newest member of the Paradise Center Railroad Club. Bill Beck donated a set of three engines and a dozen cars to the Paradise Center on Friday afternoon, when he delivered the set to Mac Hall, who heads the railroad display. Hall built a 22-foot shelf for the set. The 83-year-old Beck bought the set for around $900 some nine years ago, which depicts the...
Francios Comunetti from Trout Creek has started an exercise routine for men. He conducts his class every Friday at 4 p.m. in the Whitepine Grange building. "I started the classes to give men a way to exercise on their own schedule," Comunetti said. Participants can learn the full-length routine on Fridays and then adapt it to fit their own schedule at home. Comunetti's class is a half hour to 45 minutes long but he says daily workouts at home are only five to 20 minutes long for him. "I want men...
Thompson Falls elementary kindergarten and first grade classes had a zoo exhibit in their classrooms on Wednesday. Each class had its own theme. Julie Detlaff had a safari of animals presented by her kindergarteners and Amber Yates' kindergarten class had an aquarium themed room of ocean life. The first graders made animals at home and wrote reports at school for their presentations. Lindsey Franklin had insects filling her insectarium class room, while Samantha Varner's students had representat...
